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| author |  https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawlZ-6dtxJY4cP7shhvV8E6YyuV0Rak8it4 <Giovanni@web> | 2015-04-18 07:56:32 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2015-04-18 07:56:32 +0000 |
| commit | b35bbad6898c87d068d841df9f611adfcaad2f27 (patch) | |
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Added a comment: direct mode: avoid broken symlinks; indirect mode: matching-options in views (not woring)
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diff --git a/doc/forum/How_do_I_hide_files_not_present_in_the_local_annex__63__/comment_1_005e9254a1239164df34ab5fbf2115a8._comment b/doc/forum/How_do_I_hide_files_not_present_in_the_local_annex__63__/comment_1_005e9254a1239164df34ab5fbf2115a8._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b15296b33 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/How_do_I_hide_files_not_present_in_the_local_annex__63__/comment_1_005e9254a1239164df34ab5fbf2115a8._comment @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawlZ-6dtxJY4cP7shhvV8E6YyuV0Rak8it4" + nickname="Giovanni" + subject="direct mode: avoid broken symlinks; indirect mode: matching-options in views (not woring)" + date="2015-04-18T07:56:32Z" + content=""" +I would like to see only locally present files too, for some of my use case (e.g.: movies exported via NFS to a XBMS/Kodi media player) + +I'm using git annex (debian) version 5.20141024~bpo70+1 + +# [direct mode](http://git-annex.branchable.com/direct_mode/) + +as far as I understand, in direct mode broken symlinks (or text files placeholders for filesystems not supporting symlinks) are there by [design]( +https://git-annex.branchable.com/design/assistant/desymlink/), in particular in [partial content]( +https://git-annex.branchable.com/design/assistant/partial_content/) use case where \"there needs to be a way for the user to browse files not on the gadget and request they be transferred to it\" + +if there are no other reasons to have broken symlinks (or placeholders) I think git-annex should avoid them (at least in direct mode): if a user needs a file not listed by regular filesystem tools she can simply `git-annex find` it and `git-annex get` it: or do I miss something here? + +please consider avoiding broken symlinks or placeholders + +# indirect mode + +in indirect mode we could live with broken symlinks using views; I tried `git annex view /=* --include=\"*\" --in=here` but the resulting tree was not filtered by matching-options + +are matching-options intended to work with the view command or not? + +"""]] |